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Friday May 2, 2014Maria Torres Earns SEC All-Freshman Honor

Gators
Maria Torres made an immediate impact for the Orange and Blue. The
first-year Florida women’s golfer was named to the 2014 SEC All-Freshman team,
the league announced today.

Torres
led the UF squad with a team-low 73.7 stroke average in 26 rounds in her
freshman campaign.

Maria
Torres – Season Highlights

·Named
the SEC Freshman Women’s Golfer of the Week (Feb. 17-23) following her
team-leading performance at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate. Torres
finished the event at 6-under (210).

·Ended
the 2013-14 season with a team-high five top-25 finishes, including two top-10,
and a personal-best T3.

·Fired
eight under-par rounds this year, including a career-low 69 in the final round
of the Allstate Intercollegiate.

·Placed
in the top-5 at her first SEC Championship, carding a team-best 219 (+3).

Head
Coach Emily Glaser Says: “We are proud of Maria and the way she
has represented the Gators this year. Your freshman year is always a time of
learning and adjustment and she did a great job of adapting. Maria is a great
player with a bright future ahead of her. She wants to win and competes hard
every time she steps on the course. This is a great honor for her.”

First
Team All-SEC

Simin
Feng, Vanderbilt (SEC Championship Medalist)

Allyson
McDonald, Mississippi State

Gabriela
Lopez, Arkansas

Stephanie
Meadow, Alabama

Emily
Tubert, Arkansas

Caroline
Nistrup, LSU

Madelene
Sagstrom, LSU

Justine
Dreher, South Carolina

Second
Team All-SEC

Samantha
Swinehart, South Carolina

Marta
Sanz, Auburn

Katerina
Ruzickova, Texas A&M

Emma
Talley, Alabama

Jennifer
Hahn, Vanderbilt

Regina
Plasencia, Arkansas

Katelyn
Dambaugh, South Carolina

Chessey
Thomas, Tennessee

All-Freshman
Team

Maria
Torres, Florida

Caroline
Nistrup, LSU

Simin
Feng, Vanderbilt

Katelyn
Dambaugh, South Carolina

Haley
Mills, Kentucky

Jessica
Peng, Mississippi State

Antonia
Scherer, Vanderbilt

Marijosse
Navarro, Texas A&M

Coach
of the Year:Shauna Estes-Taylor, Arkansas

Player
of the Year:Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

Freshman
of the Year:Simin Feng, Vanderbilt

Scholar-Athlete
of the Year: Stephanie Meadow, Alabama

Up
Next: Postseason play will continue for UF with the NCAA Central
Regional Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 8-10.